What is a Content Management System (CMS)? A content management system (or CMS) can be thought of as a package that provides functionality allowing website owners to post website content in an easy to use and convenient way. The most popular free / open source CMS are...
How to Use Hashtags for Business Opportunities on Twitter
Why consider Twitter? When I talk to friends that aren’t yet on Twitter, they tend to respond with ‘Why would I want to know what some celebrity has had for breakfast’. Although this may be the case with some accounts on Twitter, there is a vast ocean of potential...
The DOs and DON’Ts of Monetisation with Affiliate Programs
Things to consider with Monetisation and affiliate programs In the last few blogs you should have got a basic understanding on affiliate schemes and how they work as well as enabling Ads on your website through Google AdSense and YouTube partnership. Monetising your...
How to Monetise Your Website with Affiliate Programs – Part 3
Monetisation using affiliate programs such as Amazon Now that we have covered how to sign up for AdSense and how to embed the Ads on your website, we can talk about affiliate partnerships/programs. You might look at affiliate partnerships and immediately think 'spam'...
How to Integrate Ads into Your Website – Part 2
Integrating Ads into your website Now that we have signed up for Google AdSense, we can start to put some of these into actionto your website. For this example, we will be using WordPress widgets. If you don't use WordPress, don't panic! If you use Joomla, you can use...
How to Monetise Your Blog – Part 1
Why consider monetisation? If you are like me, you like to blog about your experiences and help people with any knowledge that you have gained as a result of your own interests. Wouldn't it be nice if you could make a bit of money from this as well as writing about...
The Impact of Google Glass on Existing Software Services
Location based services and Foursquare More and more people are signing up to location based services such as Foursquare, picking up discounts for regular visits to certain locations, badges for stopping by participating businesses and being able to track your past...
How to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Website
Key factors when considering a web host When you have a new website in mind, it's easy to overlook the importance of using a good web host to actually load your website onto. There are many hosts available to choose from, some offer hosting only, while offers offer...
How to Build Trust with Video Testimonials
Do we really trust written words? We all like testimonials, but do we really trust them when just presented to us as text? For me hearing first-hand experiences from customers and clients happy with a certain product or service is far more reliable. This combined with...
Do I Need to Focus on Both Google AdWords and Organic SEO?
Difference between SEO and PPC You may have heard at some point in the past SEOs or digital marketing companies talking about Google AdWords and/or (organic) Google listings. There are many things you may wish to consider when deciding on an SEO (search engine...